Tunnel Arch
Pine tree arch
In this post I will write about the two best areas of the park namely Delicate Arch and the Devil’s Garden trail. First, let me share my experiences about the Devil’s Garden trail. This trail goes till the Devil’s garden as its name suggests. There are a number of named arches in this trail and in the sub-trails here. All are one of its kind arches, so don’t get bored of the arches and don’t leave any arch. 
This trail has the biggest arch of the park – the Landscape arch. First you need to take a sub-trail to see the “Tunnel Arch” and the “Pine tree arch”. This is just an opening for the trail. Pine tree arch is quite big and approachable. The tunnel arch has to be viewed from a distance.
Landscape Arch
Navajo Arch
After the pine tree arch, we get back on to the main trail and on the main trail you will pass through the “Landscape arch” viewpoint. Then after Landscape arch the trail gets difficult. You have to climb a steep path and my best bet is that there was the “Wall arch” which is broken now. Here you can see the actual broken arch and remains of an old arch. Again a couple of sub-trails have to be taken for two arches namely the “Navajo arch” and the “Partition arch”. Both these arches are approachable. Navajo arch is also a cool place like the sand dune arch. Partition arch provides a spectacular view of the entire area. Then you get back on the main trail for another totally different trail experience, walking on the cliff. Yes it takes you to the “Double O Arch”.
Me in the smaller side of the Partition arch
Double O Arch
From here you can finish the trail by taking an unpaved trail or you can continue to the “Dark Angel” which is not an arch. On the way to the Double O Arch, you will be able to see the various formations “Black Arch” and many structures which could be the devil’s garden. Ok, let me not write more on this and quickly move on to the “Delicate Arch”. A write-up on Arches National Park is never complete without mentioning Delicate arch for this being the most photographed arch in the world. It is amazingly beautiful. A few points which I would like to convey are:
1. Do not combine the Devil’s garden trail and the Delicate arch trail on the same day – both are strenuous trails and you will be worn out by the end of the day unless you are really fit.
2. Make sure you are there near the Delicate arch for sunset.
There are a couple of places to see the Delicate arch from. One is a viewpoint from a lower trail and the other close to it. The second one is the most preferred and you can see a line of photographers seated with their stands setup and waiting for the sunset time. You cannot see the sunset colors from the lower trail. So take the lower trail in the morning time and go near the arch for sunset. Believe me, the sunset on the delicate arch is absolutely fantastic. This is also a strenuous trail. If I remember correct, there is a lower view point of the delicate arch which is approachable for wheelchairs. The other view point and the trail to the arch are not approachable. The trail to the arch is quite steep and you have to climb a hillock. There will be stones kept as markers for the trail and make sure you follow them. Now, with this I will close this post with a few photos of the Delicate arch.
Delicate arch from the view point trail
Delicate arch at Sunset
Sunset colors on Delicate Arch
